PleasingFungus wrote:'monsters will eat items, but only if you haven't ever seen them' is an insane mechanic.
It is extremely marginalised now, and mostly invisible (apart from the slurping). Instead of throwing it out [1], one could build something around it. For example, some levels could have a jelly generator [2], which we may or may not announce upon level entry. And that provides lots of slurps, and hopefully a motivation to explore slightly faster than the usual slow, methodical style.
[1] I'd like to keep jelly eating even in the current, awkward form, because it makes Jiyva consistent.
[2] Lemuel in his greatness made such a jelly generator once. I don't know if it is still in the game; I've never met in an actual game; and it may have dispersed its jellies non-awake. However, I would definitely be willing to (re)visit that and inject some fresh jellies.